Is this the worst April Fool's joke ever? College staffer, 54, texts her daughter 'shots' fired causing sheriff's deputies to swarm school

Police say Angela Timmons, 54, who works at Virginia Colleges in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, texted her daughter just after 10 a.m. Tuesday claiming she 'could hear gun shots being fired inside the school'

However, the daughter, April Timmons, who lives in New York, couldn't get hold of her mom after receiving the message

Concerned, the 34-year-old proceeded to call 911 to report the incident

Sheriff's deputies rushed to the school expecting a massacre but learned it was a prank

Timmons was arrested and booked into the county jail on charges including aggravated breach of peace and disturbing a school

Dangerous joke: Police say Angela Timmons, pictured, 54, who works at Virginia Colleges in Spartanburg County, texted her daughter just after 10 a.m. claiming she 'could hear gun shots being fired inside the school'

A South Carolina woman was arrested today after an April Fools Day prank went terribly wrong.

Police say Angela Timmons, 54, who works at Virginia Colleges in Spartanburg County, texted her daughter just after 10 a.m. claiming she 'could hear gun shots being fired inside the school.'

However, the daughter, April Timmons, who lives in New York couldn't get hold of her mom after receiving the message and, c-oncerned, the 34-year-old proceeded to call 911 to report the incident.

Sheriff's deputies swarmed the college where they discovered that no shooting had occurred.

Sheriff Chuck Wright told WPTV that he was expecting to find a serious situation as he approached the school.